Smyrna Civil Court Records

Civil court records for Smyrna, Georgia are filed and maintained at the Cobb County Superior Court and Cobb County State Court in Marietta. Both courts serve all civil matters that arise within Smyrna city limits, from contract disputes and personal injury claims to landlord-tenant actions and civil judgments. You can search Smyrna civil cases online through the CourtConnect portal, which covers State Court civil filings back to March 1997, or visit the clerk offices in Marietta to pull records in person. This page covers how to find and access Smyrna civil court records from both courts.

Cobb County Courts Handle Smyrna Records

Smyrna is located in Cobb County, which means all civil court records for Smyrna cases are held by the Cobb County court system based in Marietta. There is no separate court that handles civil filings for Smyrna alone. Whether your case involves a contract dispute between Smyrna businesses, a personal injury claim, or a civil judgment against a Smyrna resident, the record lives in either the Cobb County Superior Court file room or the State Court clerk's system. For a full breakdown of how Cobb County civil records work, see the Cobb County civil court records page.

Two separate clerk offices in Marietta maintain civil court records that cover Smyrna. The Superior Court Clerk at 70 Haynes Street holds records for all large civil matters, property disputes, and cases with no dollar cap. The State Court Clerk at 12 East Park Square handles civil filings within State Court's jurisdiction and maintains the CourtConnect online search system. Both offices are reachable by phone at 770-528-1300 for Superior Court and 770-528-2660 for State Court traffic and civil matters.

Civil records from Smyrna cases also appear in the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority database at gsccca.org, where recorded civil judgments, liens, and related instruments are indexed alongside land records.

Courthouse Locations Serving Smyrna

The Cobb County Superior Court is at 70 Haynes Street, Marietta, GA 30090. This is the main civil court for Smyrna residents and businesses filing large civil claims or responding to lawsuits. The phone number for the Superior Court Clerk is 770-528-1300. This office is open Monday through Friday during standard business hours. Filing a new civil case in Superior Court for a Smyrna matter requires submitting your complaint, summons, and case filing information form to this address.

The Cobb County State Court Clerk is located at 12 East Park Square, Marietta, GA 30090. This clerk office handles civil records for State Court matters, which include personal injury claims, contract disputes, and other civil cases within the court's jurisdiction. You can reach the State Court civil division directly at 770-528-1216. The court administrator line is 770-528-2622. State Court civil cases from Smyrna are searchable through CourtConnect at no charge using the online portal.

Note: Smyrna has its own Municipal Court, but that court handles city ordinance violations and traffic matters only. Civil court records for Smyrna lawsuits are not held at Smyrna Municipal Court.

Search Smyrna Civil Cases Online

The fastest way to search civil court records tied to Smyrna addresses or parties is through the Cobb County CourtConnect portal. CourtConnect gives free public access to State Court civil case records going back to March 17, 1997. You can search by party name, case number, citation number, or date range. Results show the case type, filing date, current status, and key parties for each civil record in the system. If you know the case number format used in Cobb County, you can pull records directly without a name search.

Superior Court civil records for Smyrna cases are searchable through re:SearchGA at researchga.tylerhost.net. This statewide system covers multiple Georgia counties and is especially helpful when a civil dispute involves parties from Smyrna and another county. For recorded documents like civil judgments or property liens tied to Smyrna cases, use the GSCCCA portal, which indexes those instruments by name and date across all Georgia counties including Cobb.

If an online search does not return what you need, contact the Cobb County Superior Court Clerk at 770-528-1300 or visit the civil counter at 70 Haynes Street. Staff can help locate older civil records or records not indexed in the online systems. Copy fees apply for any documents pulled from the physical file room.

The image below shows the Cobb County State Court CourtConnect portal, which is the primary online tool for searching civil court records that include Smyrna cases filed in State Court.

Visit the Cobb County State Court CourtConnect portal to search civil cases by name or case number for records covering Smyrna and all other Cobb County communities.

CourtConnect refreshes nightly and retrieves up to 5,000 records per search, which is more than enough for most Smyrna civil case lookups by name or case number.

Filing Civil Cases for Smyrna Matters

If you need to file a civil case that involves a Smyrna party or dispute, you file at the Cobb County courthouse in Marietta, not at any Smyrna city office. For Superior Court, the civil counter is at 70 Haynes Street. For State Court civil matters, the clerk is at 12 East Park Square. Attorneys practicing in Cobb County are required to use the Odyssey eFileGA system at efilega.tylertech.cloud for electronic civil filing. Self-represented Smyrna residents can file in person at the clerk windows or use the same eFiling portal if they prefer electronic submission.

Every new civil case filed in Cobb County Superior Court must include a completed case filing information form as required under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-7.1. This form is used to index the case into the civil records system. Once accepted, the filing becomes a permanent civil court record for the Smyrna matter and shows up in the relevant search systems within a short time. Summons for service on a Smyrna defendant are handled through the clerk's office as well, with service typically executed by the Cobb County Sheriff's Office or a private process server.

Copy fees for civil records apply at both clerk offices. The standard per-page fee for plain copies and a higher per-page rate for certified copies are set by Georgia statute. Exemplified copies carry an additional charge. For certified copies of recorded documents from Cobb County civil judgments, the GSCCCA eCertification service at gsccca.org lets you order copies without visiting Marietta in person.

Related Records for Smyrna Civil Cases

Civil court records from Smyrna cases connect to several other public record systems. When a Superior Court civil judgment in a Smyrna case is recorded against real property, it becomes part of the Cobb County land records database at GSCCCA. Checking both the court docket and the GSCCCA recorded instruments is the most complete way to assess the status of a civil judgment tied to Smyrna property. The GSCCCA platform covers deed filings, UCC filings, and judgment liens all in one search interface.

The CourtTRAX service at courttrax.org aggregates civil case data from multiple Georgia counties and is useful if you believe a civil dispute involving a Smyrna party may have filings in more than one county. The re:SearchGA platform serves a similar purpose and is operated directly by the Georgia court system. Both tools can help you build a fuller picture of a party's civil case history beyond just Cobb County records.

Note: Property fraud alerts for Smyrna property owners are available through the GSCCCA FANS system at fans.gsccca.org, which notifies you when documents are recorded against your property in Cobb County.

Nearby Cities with Civil Court Records

These qualifying cities near Smyrna also have civil court records pages. Most Cobb County cities file civil cases through the same clerk offices in Marietta.